Science Policy Fellow - Brittany Bernik
Implementing Organization
RESTORE Council
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$55,000
Known Leveraged Funding
$0
Funding Organization
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – Gulf Research Program (NASEM - GRP)
Funding Program
NASEM Gulf Research Program Fellowships
Details
Project Category
Human and Social
Project Actions
Education and Outreach
Targeted Resources
Human and/or Institutional Capacity
Project Description
Dr. Bernik holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in ecology and evolutionary biology from Tulane University, and earned her B.S. in environmental biology as a Newcomb Scholar. Her dissertation research focused on the ecosystem consequences of genetic variation in salt marsh grasses. More recently, Dr. Bernik has been examining plant-microbe dynamics in petroleum-contaminated marshes as well as the socioecological responses of urban vegetation following Hurricane Katrina.
Contact
Maggie WalserNone
mwalser@nas.edu
Project Website
Project Partners
None
Affiliated Institutions
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